Category: Hoboken News

Six newly elected council officials took the oath of office last week to join the nine-member Hoboken City Council for the next four years. The Jan. 4 meeting solidified Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s 7-9 “super majority” on the council, as all but two members are her close allies. Those sworn in to new terms were 1st …

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Margaret O’Brien has done many jobs over the last five decades: served on an assembly line as a “pudding smacker” at Hoboken’s Hostess factory, taste-tested coffee for Maxwell House, sat atop elephants in a traveling circus, lobbied in a parent-teacher organization, sketched art, and authored various books on Hoboken history. But she’s most famously known …

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The families and friends of three new school board trustees joined them as they were sworn in at the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 5. The board also picked a new president and held a more contentious vote over the vice president. Taking the oath of office were Tom Kluepfel, who was re-elected …

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Observer Highway repaving update The city announced this past week that the repaving of Observer Highway has been completed, with ongoing work continuing through April. Repaving began in December from Hudson Street to the firehouse east of Madison Street, as well as a section of Henderson Street. According to a prior press release from the …

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Tensions between Hoboken’s taxi drivers and the paid Uber ride sharing service boiled over during a City Council meeting on Dec. 16 when one cabbie lashed out with accusations the city is “slacking” and not regulating Uber. The ride sharing app allows users to summon a car with the click of a smart phone and …

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The Hoboken Chamber of Commerce announced winners last week in their annual contest to recognize businesses that that went the extra mile in decorating for the holidays. Retail showroom Swift Morris Interiors took the top prize this year. “It’s part of the Christmas tradition to do your windows for the community to walk around and …

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